阅读下面短文，掌握其中大意，然后从36－56各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

       I still don’t believe in ghosts even after my experience at the Rose Inn．41 I have never seen one．But stories have made me feel 42  since then．I arrived at the inn late at night and asked the landlord for a room．

       “There is nothing left,” he said, “ 43 you’d like to sleep in Number 7．”

       “Why not?” I said．“What’s 44 it? I am  45 that I would sleep 46 ．”

       “Nothing,” he said slowly, “but something happened there a few months ago．”

       Every old inn has its own strange stories, so I thought that 47 he told me about it, the better．I was willing to listen to anything for a room to 48 ．

       “A man came here late at night 49 you．” the landlord said, “I thought there was something strange about him because he kept 50 while he was signing his name in the book．He asked me 51 room he could have and I offered him No．7 ．‘ 52   a man who has said he’ll 53 me,’ he said suddenly, ‘with a knife．’ He looked so frightened that I thought I had better 54 him to his room．I closed the door and left him 55．The next day we found him dead, with a knife beside him．He had cut his throat．” The landlord said, “Or 56 had done it．Do you 57 sleeping there now you know the story?”

       “Well,” I said, “no one is 58 me．But I wish you had told me the story 59 ．As it is, I’ll sleep here on the floor in the bar if you have a couple of  60 ．”

41．A．Because         B．Of course  C．At all       D．Though

42．A．natural    B．unsafe      C．brave D．uncomfortable

43．A．unless     B．if     C．since        D．whether

44．A．the price B．wrong with     C．the matter D．strange for

45．A．so tired  B．so hurt      C．very weak       D．too worried

46．A．somewhere      B．anywhere  C．nowhere   D．everywhere

47．A．the later       B．the quicker     C．the sooner      D．the slower

48．A．rest   B．live in     C．lie down         D．go to

49．A．like        B．with        C．behind      D．because of

50．A．looking after   B．looking into    C．looking over   D．looking back

51．A．what       B．which     C．whose     D．whether

52．A．There’s  B．He’s        C．It’s         D．That’s

53．A．harm      B．punish     C．frighten  D．kill

54．A．invite          B．take        C．bring D．allow

55．A．by himself           B．for himself     C．at himself       D．to himself

56．A．whoever             B．nobody  C．anybody         D．someone else

57．A．like        B．mind      C．permit     D．promise

58．A．tricking      B．following       C．killing     D．frightening

59．A．at night      B．at once    C．in time    D．in the morning

60．A．chairs         B．blankets         C．books      D．swords

VI. 补全对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A: Hello, Wang Ying,   76   with your English?

B: Fine.   77   in it.

A: Congratulations.   78   the accent of the new teacher of English?

B: Well, at first   79  . But by and by, I could follow her.

A: How long will she stay in our school teaching English?

B: I am not sure. Maybe   80  , I think.

A: I do hope she will stay long for she speaks excellent English.

B. So do I. Let’s go and see her.

A: OK.

第三部分：阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
What is a creepy crawly?
A few years ago, I was on a bicycle trip when I got off my bike for a rest. I sat down on the grass. A few seconds later, I was covered in ants. They were swarming all over me so I got up and brushed them off. It was a strange experience but I soon forgot about it.
A couple of years later, I was living in Jordan. I had just moved into a modern flat and was unpacking plates when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I looked over at the kitchen drawer and there was a cockroach crawling out of it. I screamed. Then I grabbed a can of insecticide and sprayed it on the cockroach. He ran under the nearby bathroom door. It took me three days before I found the courage to open the bathroom door to see if he was still alive. He wasn’t.
Why did I react so violently to one lone insect when a closer encounter with hundreds of ants hardly affected me? The answer is easy: because cockroaches are creepy crawlies and ants aren’t. Creepy crawlies are those little bugs which provoke feelings such as uneasiness, anxiety or dislike – they make your skin crawl.
Did you know that some people feel such a fear of bugs that it becomes a phobia? Psychologists have offered many explanations. Some say we associate them with dirt and disease. Or that these are life forms that are so alien to us, that we find them repulsive(令人厌恶的) for their dissimilarity.
Insects, however, don’t follow our rules – they just do what they want and invade our space. Unfortunately, although insects and bugs have been a successful animal species up to now, many of them, like many other species nowadays, are under threat of extinction. Entomologists warn that this could upset entire ecosystems and lead to all kinds of disastrous consequences.
So my plea to you is: the next time you feel the urge to stamp on, splatter or spray a creepy crawly, give a thought to the planet and stop.
1. Why did the author mention the ants in the beginning?
A. Because the experience with the ants presents a sharp contrast to that with the cockroach later.
B. Because the author wants to show her preference to the ants and her dislike for the cockroach.
C. Because both ants and cockroaches are creepy crawlies that the author dislikes.
D. Because meeting the ants is an unusual experience that the author can hardly forget.
2. What does “insecticide” in the second paragraph probably mean?
A. a kind of fruit juice.                             B. a kitchen knife.
C. liquid for killing insects.                        D. cleanser for the bathroom.                                                                                                                                                                       
3. How does the author feel about the bugs like cockroaches?
A. The author doesn’t mind the contact with those harmless small creatures.
B. They make the author feel so awful that they should be killed.
C. They invade our space and become a threat to humans.
D. They still deserve a place for keeping the balance of the nature.
4. Which of the following is NOT the reason why the cockroach makes the author’s skin crawl?
A. It looks so strange and different that the author can’t accept its appearance.
B. It can make the author feel sick and cause a strong dislike.
C. The author may relate it to something dirty or disease at the sight of it.
D. It reminds the author of the experience of meeting hundreds of ants.
5. Which of the following statements about bugs is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Some people may be frightened so much by bugs that it leads to a psychological barrier in some degree.
B. People can enjoy a cleaner living environment if more bugs like cockroaches are killed.
C. Many bugs are in danger of extinction so they should be placed under human’s protection.
D. Some bugs are extremely unpleasant that people have a strong wish to destroy them.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor（主管）for a major airline and was looking forward to the   36   of my shift （轮班）at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could   37   our gifts for Christmas.

Just then, a very    38    gentleman went up to me.  He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and   39   his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a   40  . And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home   41  .

About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman   42   and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars   43  . I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that, he burst into   44  .

I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was   45   ill at home and was not expected to   46   another year. He expected that this would likely be the   47   Christmas with his son.

I told Tom to   48   his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast   49   and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2:30 a. m.

Kathy was still   50   me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation   51   Tom. For Kathy and me, there was no   52   that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the   53   choice.

    A couple of days later, I   54   a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it, Tom thanked me for the special   55   he had received that holiday season, but I knew the best gift was mine.

A. end B. turn C. role D. change

A. expect B. get  C. exchange D. make

A. kind   B. helpless C. sad  D. worried

A. mistook    B. missed   C. caught   D. continued

A. bus    B. flight       C. room D. car

A. soon    B. late C. early    D. lately

A. left   B. moved    C. came D. returned

A. reliable    B. present  C. available    D. acceptable

A. laughter   B. tears        C. anger    D. sorrow

A. really  B. slightly C. seriously    D. unluckily

A. suffer B. live C. share    D. grow

A. last    B. best C. happiest D. hardest

A. hand   B. find C. pack D. collect

A. for a while    B. all around   C. all the way  D. from time to time   

A. waiting for    B. caring for   C. thinking of  D. depending on

A. remembered     B. recalled  C. concerned    D. contained

A. idea    B. doubt        C. point    D. problem

A. main    B. only C. nice D. great

A. received   B. sent C. saved    D. discovered

A. drive  B. help C. deal D. gift